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Parents often hear that reading to their children is critical for supporting development, and the message is getting through to them.
家长们经常听人说，给孩子读书对支持他们的成长至关重要，而这一信息正在传递给他们。
In fact, in the United States, a little over half of children between the ages of 3 and 5 were read to every day in 2007.
事实上，在美国，2007年有半数多一点3到5岁的孩子每天都人给他们念书。
And 83% of children in that age group in the same country were read to three or more times per week by a family member in 2012.
2012年，同一国家83%的该年龄段儿童每周有家庭成员为其朗读三次或以上。
This is good news because reading to young children helps their language and brain development.
这是个好消息，因为给小孩子读书有助于他们的语言和大脑发育。
In fact, recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading and infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary and reading skills Oaduoy.
事实上，最近的研究发现，婴儿时期共享书籍朗读的质量和数量都预示着儿童后期的词汇量和阅读技能。
In other words, the more time parents spend reading, the greater the developmental benefits in their four-year-old children.
换句话说，父母花在阅读上的时间越多，对四岁孩子的发展益处就越大。
This is an important finding, but does it matter what books parents read?
这是一个重要的发现，但父母读什么书重要吗?
A new study has investigated this question.
一项新的研究调查了这个问题。
It followed infants across the second 6 months of life and found that when parents showed babies books that had faces or objects with specific label, they learned more.
该研究跟踪了婴儿出生后6个月的情况，发现当父母给婴儿看带有特定标签的人脸或物体的书时，他们学得更多。
This is in contrast to books that did not name images or books that had the same label under each image.
这与那些没有命名图像，或者在每个图像下都有相同的标签的书籍形成对比。
Books that named different characters also promoted greater learning.
以不同人物命名的书籍也促进了更广泛的学习。
So what does this mean for parents?
那么这对父母来说意味着什么呢?
Not all books are created equal, so parents need to choose the books they share with their children with great care.
并不是所有的书都是平等的，所以父母需要非常谨慎地选择与孩子分享的书。
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答22 - 25题。
Question 22:What does the passage say parents increasingly understand?
问题22：文章说父母们逐渐明白了什么?
Question 23:What can predict children's reading skills according to recent research?
问题23：根据最近的研究，什么可以预测儿童的阅读技能?
Question 24:What kind of books are said to help babies learn more?
问题24：什么样的书据说可以帮助婴儿学习更多?
Question 25:What are parents advised to do at the end of the passage?
问题25：文章的末尾建议父母们做什么?
